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rebent

rebent is the simple past and past participle of rebend.

Meaning of rebend

Verb

rebend (third-person singular simple present rebends, present participle rebending, simple past and past participle rebent)

  1. To bend again.
    • These hooks are made of soft metal, to be rebent after use; but the cod very often get away with them and are hooked again elsewhere; and that is one of the many reasons why the Gloucester boats despise the Frenchmen.1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous

Questions about rebent

What is rebent the simple past and past participle of?
Rebent is the simple past and past participle of rebend.

Words near rebent in the dictionary

  1. rebenchmarks
  2. rebend
  3. rebending
  4. rebends
  5. rebenediction
  6. rebent
  7. Reber
  8. Rebers
  9. Rebert
  10. Reberts
  11. rebesiege

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